The giant snake opens its mouth wide enough to swallow its victim—sometimes fish or caiman (relatives of crocodiles) and even jaguars and small deer. Anaconda jaws are held together with stretchy ligaments so they can open wide enough to swallow prey whole. ...
(Animals) a very large nonvenomous arboreal and semiaquatic snake,Eunectes murinus,of tropical South America, which kills its prey by constriction: familyBoidae(boas) [C18: probably changed from Sinhalesehenakandayāwhip snake, fromhenalightning +kandastem; originally referring to a snake of Sri Lan...
8. When the snake swallow your feet on the knee, begin to act – slowly, trying not to make unnecessary movements, pull out a knife and carefully enter it in the side of the mouth of the snake. Then abruptly jerk up the knife, slicing through her head. 9. Always carry a knife. 10...
as from snakebites. thermoregulationor finding live food, which often involves passive waiting rather than active searching. The thermoregulation problem varies with latitude and altitude. The actions and reactions of a snake in temperateNorth Americaare distinct from those of one living in the America...